grandcross Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 So I bought a Turbografx w/ Turbo CD from goatstore.com , but apparently I didn't do my research because I learned that the Turbo CD upgrade can't play SuperCD games without a SuperCD upgrade card? I'm completely confused here. So is this SuperCD upgrade card some extra HuCard I need to stick in the Turbografx in order to play SuperCD games? The game I wanted to play was Gates of Thunder + Bonk 1&2, so I guess I can't play it then if I don't have the card? And..if there's an extra card I need that I won't get from goatstore, then where could I find it? Is it hard to find and very expensive? sigh. This Turbografx stuff is needlessly complicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Its a memory upgrade, IIRC. Bonk 1 and 2 should be regular games though...? Shouldn't need the upgrade. The Turbo Duo doesn't need the SuperCD card. Its built in on that system. If you have the classic modular one, the TG16 and the CD player mounted on top, yes, you need the card to play. The cards are fairly hard to find and fairly expensive. Sorry to say, both things are true. I don't have one, so I can't tell the price. Sold my Duo, kept my CD system. Should have done the opposite. Ceck out ebay item 190288460236 I don't know the seller, just searched and found this one... CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandcross Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks for the info. The game I was talking about was a SuperCD game that came bundled with the Turbo Duo which included those 3 games in one CD. And yeah, what I'm getting is the Turbografx + Turbo CD, not the Turbo Duo. Guess I'll need to get the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust3dstr8 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks for the info. The game I was talking about was a SuperCD game that came bundled with the Turbo Duo which included those 3 games in one CD. And yeah, what I'm getting is the Turbografx + Turbo CD, not the Turbo Duo. Guess I'll need to get the card. If you are even somewhat interested in getting into NEC goodness, I would dump the TG-CD and get a Duo-R or Duo-RX. Minus the SGX and the Arcade CD's you can play the whole library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giltygear Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks for the info. The game I was talking about was a SuperCD game that came bundled with the Turbo Duo which included those 3 games in one CD. And yeah, what I'm getting is the Turbografx + Turbo CD, not the Turbo Duo. Guess I'll need to get the card. if you ever want to get rid of that CD, PLEASE let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the info. The game I was talking about was a SuperCD game that came bundled with the Turbo Duo which included those 3 games in one CD. And yeah, what I'm getting is the Turbografx + Turbo CD, not the Turbo Duo. Guess I'll need to get the card. In case you didn't know, there is a hidden 4th game, Bomberman, on that CD. I had the game for years before I knew about this. I forget how to unlock it but you can google the procedure. -edit- found it: Bomberman on Turbo Duo pack-in CD: The following code on the Gate of Thunder/Bonk CD will let you play Bomberman, a hidden fourth game: U, R, D, L, II. Edited February 26, 2009 by Mark_Wolfe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmike19 Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The Arcade Card Pro will let you play all CD games in your TG-16. It's like a system card 3.0 with extra RAM. $27 https://www.risingstuff.com/store/pcengine-...ard-p-2130.html The Super System Card will let you play all games except Arcade CDs. $7 https://www.risingstuff.com/store/engine-su...ard-p-2799.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The Arcade Card Pro will let you play all CD games in your TG-16. It's like a system card 3.0 with extra RAM. $27https://www.risingstuff.com/store/pcengine-...ard-p-2130.html The Super System Card will let you play all games except Arcade CDs. $7 https://www.risingstuff.com/store/engine-su...ard-p-2799.html Those are the cheapest prices I've ever seen for those cards. wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandcross Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 The Arcade Card Pro will let you play all CD games in your TG-16. It's like a system card 3.0 with extra RAM. $27https://www.risingstuff.com/store/pcengine-...ard-p-2130.html The Super System Card will let you play all games except Arcade CDs. $7 https://www.risingstuff.com/store/engine-su...ard-p-2799.html Those are the cheapest prices I've ever seen for those cards. wow And, as always, it's just my luck that I already went and spent a lot of money on a system card. Oh well, someone else reading this thread can go buy them I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust3dstr8 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Don't sweat it, those cards wouldn't work in a TG-16 anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 And, as always, it's just my luck that I already went and spent a lot of money on a system card. Oh well, someone else reading this thread can go buy them I guess. I was going to suggest getting your TG16 region modded, then using an Arcade Card Pro... then you'd have basically the whole TurboGrafx/PC-Engine library available to you, with the exception of the SuperGrafx and LD-ROM2 titles. Man, Rising Stuff has some great prices... has anyone ever dealt with them? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Man, Rising Stuff has some great prices... has anyone ever dealt with them? I bought my Famicom Disk System from them last summer. They do have great prices and their shipping prices are fairly reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Don't sweat it, those cards wouldn't work in a TG-16 anyway. That's what I was thinking, too. The prices are that good because they're for the PC-Engine - a person could probably use those with a converter (I need to get one of those) but I'm not so sure about their availability anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Converters are far too expensive these days. You're better off installing a region switch instead. It involves a good deal of soldering, but MultiMods sells a PCB that makes the mod a bit easier, and I think they'll do the region mod for you if you send you system in to them. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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